Replacing (upsizing) hard drives has always been a harrowing experience for me, and now with Windows 7 and the E: partition it apparently uses on my hard drive, it’s even scarier.

There are articles on the web but I haven’t found one that addresses this point in particular. They all say something about backing up the system on a disc or something. Is that what I’m talking about? All I see is instructions to move a C: on the original drive to a C: on the new drive. And some other stuff that I don’t understand.

Maybe you can refer me to a nitwit-level step-by-step article somewhere that you know works?